Reverses noncitizen voting and reinstates police bargaining for disciplinary policies.
The House of Representatives passed two bills that would reverse two local laws passed by the city government of Washington, D.C. The first bill would overturn a law allowing noncitizens living in D.C. to vote in local elections within the district. The second bill would remove a ban on police forces collectively bargaining over local disciplinary policies, which Representative Andrew Garbarino of New York said could help D.C. recruit and retain cops.
“Just under two years ago, one of our own colleagues was mugged at gunpoint several blocks from the Capitol,” Congressman Garbarino said on the floor. “That might not have happened if [Metropolitan Police] weren’t understaffed.”
Washington D.C.’s delegate to the House, Eleanor Holmes Norton, expressed opposition to both these bills, noting that D.C.’s violent crime rate hit a 30-year-low last year. She also disagreed with the House passing these bills before another legislation that would fix its error of cutting $1.1 billion from Washington D.C.’s annual budget earlier this year.
A third bill, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act, is to be considered Thursday. It would require the city officials to respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security requests for information without a judicial warrant.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For members of Congress to be prudent as they seek to ensure the security of the nation’s capital.
- For officials on Capitol Hill to be led by the Lord as they make efforts to increase public safety and election integrity in the District of Columbia.
Sources: RollCall, NBS News, MSN, Daily Wire
